LSU lets lead slip away, falls to South Carolina in overtime

11:25 PM,
Jan. 16, 2013

LSU's Johnny O'Bryant (2) grabs a rebound during the Tigers' 82-73 loss to South Carolina on Wednesday.

Written by

Glenn Guilbeau
gguilbeau@gannett.com

BATON ROUGE - LSU should have won in regulation and played like it had that in mind in overtime in falling to South Carolina 82-73 in front of 6,654 at the Pete Maravich Assembly Center on Wednesday night.

The Gamecocks outscored the Tigers 13-4 in the 5-minute extra period to win going away, as LSU (9-5) lost its third in a row to fall to 0-3 in the Southeastern Conference. South Carolina (11-5) won its first SEC game to improve to 1-2.

LSU appeared in control as it took a 69-65 lead with 2:43 to play in regulation on an artful, putback by forward Johnny O'Bryant, who rebounded a missed layup by point ...